10 questions and answers about Galileo

waiting in the Bremen Integration Hall. Galileo gives Europe its own satellite navigation system. To mark[...] : Google - Privacy & Terms Read more Galileo 17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle The long winter[...] can also be used in the maritime and aviation sectors. If a ship is in...

What is Galileo capable of?

. These services have given rise to a market which has produced numerous more advanced applications which had[...] the entire market. Who is operating the Galileo satellites? The European Commission is the owner[...] . GSA in Prague operates the system. It markets the project commercially as...

TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 12: Asteroids - How can our Earth be protected?

© OHB / Ralf Becker TwoMinutesOfSpace Hera 18. June 2020 #TwoMinutesOfSpace Part 12: Asteroids[...] for Asteroid Day on June 30th. Was an asteroid impact really responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs[...] Life on Mars and Venus? - Part 6 of #TwoMinutesOfSpace Season 2 with Carsten Borowy...

There’s quite a lot going on up there: space debris is becoming an ever bigger problem

The amount of space debris in orbit continues to increase. © Spacejunk3D, LLC 06. March 2019[...] and the contribution OHB is making to reducing it. Space junk – why do we even care about it? Isn’t it far enough away[...] ? Dr. Charlotte Bewick: Space debris, human made junk in orbit, can pose a...

We.OHB. Part 9: A motivator of junior staff with a soft spot for black holes

There are hardly any computer specialists left on the employment market. Why did you decide to join OHB[...] more Galileo 17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle The long winter had us in its grip. Just the right[...] of junior staff with a soft spot for black holes     Leveraging the...

We.OHB. Part 6 with Jean Lorenz, Team Leader E-AIT: Wanted! Front fighters for space projects

17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle The long winter had us in its grip. Just the right time to take[...] We.OHB 21. June 2019 We.OHB. - Career as a space pioneer Wanted! Front fighters for space projects[...] for our efforts to embark on missions to the moon and Mars in the future. At an...

Billiards in space - DART and Hera

Encounter 27. June 2018 Only space technology can protect the world from asteroids Marco Fuchs, CEO of OHB[...] impacts seems literally far away. However, events such as the Tunguska explosion on 30 June 1908[...] : Earth’s orbit is getting cluttered Read more Pia Bausch TwoMinutesOfSpace 18. June...

Become a space pioneer by joining European space company OHB

world marks a radical change in your daily routine. New challenges, new faces, new requirements[...] career. In this respect, the now traditional “Girls’ Day”, which the Group organizes, merely marks[...] upside down. Read more Galileo 17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle The long winter...

OHB SE at the ILA Berlin Air Show

aerospace innovations will be on display at the ExpoCenter Airport in Schönefeld from June 1 through 4, 2016[...] from SES and ESA for the development of the satellite platform in March. “Electra” is based on the modular SmallGEO[...] on the European deployment of the Dream Chaser known as...

Space Encounter: It is only when we view our planet from space that we realize how valuable the earth is.

© OHB Space Encounter ISS 14. June 2018 Space Encounter A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about[...] is June 14, 2018. I admit that I am really thrilled when I see how German astronaut Alexander Gerst[...] mission. Personal details: Born in 1962, Marco Fuchs studied law in Berlin, Hamburg and New...

Muscle work in space: Training plan à la OHB for Alexander Gerst

on the market. However, this does not mean that the small device can simply be taken into space as stringent[...] work? MyotonPRO is equipped with a flat ended cylindrical probe that is placed perpendicular on a pre-marked skin[...] -board session has been conducted in June, Alexander Gerst’s...

The colonization of Mars will still have to be awaited

think so. A sitcom, a kind of jungle camp in space? That would be horrific. This is the one great vision[...] doesn’t exist in isolation, as a lonely microbe. The emergence of life always marks the genesis[...] Humans on Mars. Futurologist Matthias Horx assumes that several decades will pass...

We.OHB. Part 8: Our work is a bit like reading a glass ball.

17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle The long winter had us in its grip. Just the right time to take[...] in this field. Obviously, I was particularly inspired my compatriot Professor Maria Skłodowska-Curie, who[...] for our efforts to embark on missions to the moon and Mars in the...

Space Encounter: The new Cold War in space: Here's how it affects the succession of the ISS

© OHB Space Encounter Human Spaceflight Exploration A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time[...] sector. After the end of the European-Russian Mars mission ExoMars, the end of launches with the Russian[...] shrill and martial. He had alternately threatened to deorbit or shut down the ISS....

Small but powerful: Microsatellite ESAIL gets ready for launch

part of the value-added chain in the microsatellite market. For me, LxS always stood out[...] and operational costs. Another important aspect is the shorter time to market, which means that microsatellites[...] . Microsatellites are intended to fill a specific market niche that is characterised by...

Detective work on the oceans

already very eventful life upside down. Read more Galileo 17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle[...] entrusted LuxSpace with the SIMMO II (System for Intelligent Maritime Monitoring II) research[...] with scientists at the University of Economics in Poznan (Poland), a system for analyzing ...

We.OHB - Part 10: Empathy goes without saying – now more than ever

. Otherwise, I am happily married and have a fulfilling relationship with my wife. Another important thing[...] the last 37 years When Anna-Maria Kollenbrandt entered the foyer of OHB’s headquarters in Bremen on the day[...] to me because of the mix of technology and management elements,” is how M...

We.OHB - Part 11: Checking quality with a passion

We.OHB Career 28. June 2021 We.OHB Part 11 with Viktoria Schöneich, Quality Engineer Checking[...] the last 37 years When Anna-Maria Kollenbrandt entered the foyer of OHB’s headquarters in Bremen on the day[...] to me because of the mix of technology and management elements,” is how Marek Dittmar...

From the self-made satellite to the OHB team

to the jungle The long winter had us in its grip. Just the right time to take a look at a job in the tropics

“We want to inspire young people for aerospace jobs at OHB”

that we are challenged by a basically void labour market yet continue to receive many unsolicited applications[...] that we are obliged to address the topic of demographics in a German environment marked by a very tense employment[...] market in our industry. And in view of the fact that for...

Exploration of the Universe Part 3 - Is it possible to land on the gas giants in our solar system?

to the invention of the first telescopes, it marked the outer boundary of our solar system. Like Jupiter, Saturn[...] composition. A further NASA probe is currently orbiting the planet: Juno (also known as “Jupiter Polar Orbiter[...] as its shadow must be avoided. Up until June 2018, the probe...

How MT Mechatronics is using radio telescopes to help answer the major questions of interest to humanity

this basic research? Emerging-market countries in particular have a strong interest as scientific telescopes[...] 2019 A mission to Venus will help us to better understand the Earth Marco Fuchs, CEO of OHB[...] with the development of an atmospheric mission. Read more Exploration 25. June 2021...

Is there life on Mars?

© ESA/D. Ducros Exploration ExoMars 16. April 2018 Is there life on Mars?  WHY THE EXOMARS[...] AS LITTLE GREEN MEN. AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. ANDREAS WINKLER FROM OHB SYSTEM AG Mars has been capturing[...] the questions that the next missions to Mars will be endeavoring to answer.   You can find out...

Milestones

later. She employed the first engineers and experts, thus laying the foundations for growth. This marked[...] satellites, with which OHB entered the telecommunications market, were developed. OHB harnessed the potential[...] offered by the growing telematics market with the global positioning of...

50 years after the first moon landing: Interview with former astronaut Thomas Reiter

more Galileo 17. May 2018 From the big city to the jungle The long winter had us in its grip. Just the right[...] of the decade. Let’s go one step further: how realistic and, above all, sensible is it to travel to Mars? Reiter[...] , for example. There’s no protective magnetic field on the journey...

Guidelines for a sustainable Space Traffic Management

possible. But the current figures for March 2022 show very clearly how crowded space is: 36,500 objects[...] are currently circling our Earth. All this junk, including defective or inactive satellites, doesn't just

Space Encounter: I strongly believe in Rocket Factory Augsburg – withdrawal is out of the question

successful in the commercial international market due to its reliability and high payload capacity[...] has a decisive advantage over the other launch vehicles, since the market price is unbeatably low due to the lean[...] , the institutional market is also preparing for microlaunchers, as was...

Return to the Moon: First Apollo, now Artemis

05. June 2019 Return to the Moon First Apollo, now Artemis The U.S. aims to return people to the Moon[...] by 2024. On March 26, 2019, during the fifth meeting of the National Space Council in Huntsville, Alabama[...] by astronauts for 2028. A lot has happened since March 26: Pence’s rallying cry...

Out of the comfort zone, into the OHB cosmos

the first 14 days in quarantine as I arrived in Germany at the beginning of June 2020 during the coronavirus

Space Encounter: Germany's Internet gaps hamper innovation and damage prosperity

: Thierry Breton, the French EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, who is also responsible[...] © OHB Space Encounter 31. August 2020 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space[...] is shown by a comparison with the front-runner South Korea. In June 2020, the average...

Dusty business: Why lunar dust poses a special challenge

25. June 2021 "Lunar dust has some properties that make it particularly unpleasant" How dangerous is lunar[...] to generate less energy or give off less heat. A good example of this is NASA's Mars rover Opportunity, which[...] to the Moon and Mars. Through our various network partners, we can...

How exactly is MT Aerospace entering the hydrogen era?

is MT Aerospace entering the hydrogen era? Günther Schullerer and Markus Staudt tell us more about it Dr Günther[...] Schullerer and Markus Staudt have been shaping the topic of hydrogen for three years under the title "New[...] , thank you for the interview! Günther Schullerer and Markus Staudt...

Germany's eyes in space – The SAR-Lupe and SARah satellite reconnaissance systems

Defence and Space, was successfully launched on 18 June 2022 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch

From SpaceX to the OHB Supervisory Board. An interview with Dr. Hans Königsmann

general meeting. Photo: Hannes von der Fecht ©OHB Pioneers of Aerospace 03. June 2022 To the Mars[...] . In the first few years, the company was one of the few players on the market. Still, today - in the global boom[...] of the space industry - the competition is greater and more and more...

Destination Venus part 3: Was Venus a twin of Earth millions of years ago?

Venus transit on June 6, 2012. According to Dr. Michael Way it is not the proximity to the sun[...] and why he is hoping for a new lander mission. OHB’s CEO Marco Fuchs recently said in an interview[...] that he thinks that Venus is an interesting planet, maybe even more interesting than Mars....

Space Encounter: The story of a good idea

from the stock market. Obviously, in the course of these considerations, I have also reflected again and again[...] on the reasons that led us to take the step onto the capital market in the first place. I continue to believe[...] that the stock market is the right place for many ideas and...

Space Encounter: How OHB's IPO led to greater transparency

to a number of obligations - above all to transparency vis-à-vis our shareholders, the financial markets[...] the company can then grow by conquering new markets, making acquisitions, investing in new technologies[...] to finance growth from operating activities. For this reason, the importance...

Space Encounter: Missions to Mars will require more infrastructure in space

© OHB Space Encounter 23. May 2018 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space Missions[...] to Mars will require more infrastructure in space A moon base could be a solution   May 30, 2018[...] . Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla, recently advocated the colonisation of Mars to...

Space Encounter: Why the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not

© OHB Space Encounter Exploration A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space Why[...] the exploration of space makes sense, but the colonisation of other planets does not March 4, 2021. "Perseverance[...] recently brought to the surface of Mars - more precisely, to the bottom of...

LuxSpace and ORBCOMM awarded with multi-year contract by European Maritime Safety Agency

design to satellite manufacturing. The launch of VesselSat 1 & 2 in 2011 and 2012 marked an important[...] in core vertical markets including transportation & distribution, heavy equipment, industrial fixed[...] Maritime Safety Agency Betzdorf, Luxembourg and Rochelle Park, NJ, USA, 1st August...

The Twenties will be a decade of increased human activity in space

reorientation of the entire industry. New market participants are appearing on the scene, with new business[...] models emerging. The market is changing rapidly. This calls for new technologies, new processes and new[...] such as the Galileo navigation system. Yet, new markets will develop around...

Space Encounter: A spaceport in the North Sea would catapult Germany into the future as a location of the aerospace industry

significantly increase our market access. I am firmly convinced that launchers will orbit payloads from several[...] spaceports in the future. This will provide security, flexibility and greater market access. Space[...] to observe the market and to look closely at how trends develop. This is why...

Management Board

BDLI.   Dr. Markus Moeller Member of the Management Board responsible for Business Development[...] and Strategy Dr. Markus Moeller, born in 1973, has been member of the Management Board since July 2023[...] Management Board   Marco R. Fuchs Chief Executive Officer Marco Fuchs, born in 1962, has...

Space Encounter: I am convinced that with KKR we have found the ideal partner to bring us a big step forward on our way becoming the European Space Champion

, while the current market environment is in a state of radical upheaval. New industrial players around[...] market. This can only be achieved if we all work together to do what drives us every day: We.Create.Space[...] Space Encounter Company A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space...

Satellite communications subsidiary in Austria specializing in M2M and IOT

will be integrating the business of Orbcomm Germany and Europe and marketing existing Orbcomm products as well[...] fastest growing markets in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Here in Austria[...] Marco Fuchs, CEO of OHB SE: “Looking forward, OHB will be more active...

Space Encounter: We need to awaken the desire for innovation in society as a whole

for society. In the best case, the innovation leads to the company filling a gap in the market or even[...] creating a new market that did not exist before. Schumpeter called this process "creative destruction[...] of gaining acceptance on the market. Today, we call this process disruption. And...

Exploration of outer space: In search of the origins of our existence

that there is important and relevant knowledge out there. So does that mean that one day we will be living on Mars? I hope[...] that, however, a human being will certainly pay a short visit to Mars. I am convinced that life on Mars[...] . Mars, Venus or the Moon – if you could book a package tour...

Space Encounter: Mars is not our rescue ship

© OHB Space Encounter A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts about time and space Fighting climate[...] change: "Mars is not our rescue ship" August 27, 2021. Svenja Schulze, the German Federal Minister[...] of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, also emphasises...

Space Encounter: Germany demonstrates claim to technology leadership

© OHB Space Encounter Security Earth Observation Exploration A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts[...] of the Moon and Mars. Mars is of particular interest to us as OHB has been involved in the various ExoMars[...] and built the carrier module and important parts of the analysis unit in the Mars...

Space Encounter: Family businesses are islands of stability in society

is that since our stock market flotation in 2001 we have always financed our steady growth internally. We have[...] to act on a less tactical basis oriented to the needs of the capital markets. As a family-run company[...] © OHB Space Encounter 24. October 2018 A column by Marco Fuchs: thoughts...